Biocatalysis reproduce nature’s synthetic strategies in order to synthesize different organiccompounds. Natural metabolic pathways usually involve complex networks to support cellulargrowth and survival. In this regard, multi-enzymatic systems are valuable tools for the production ofa wide variety of organic compounds. Methods: The production of different purine nucleosides andnucleoside-5′-monophosphates has been performed for first time, catalyzed by the sequential action of2′-deoxyribosyltransferase fromLactobacillus delbrueckii(LdNDT) and hypoxanthine-guanine-xanthinephosphoribosyltransferase fromThermus themophilusHB8 (TtHGXPRT). Results: The biochemicalcharacterization ofLdNDT reveals that the ... More
Biocatalysis reproduce nature’s synthetic strategies in order to synthesize different organiccompounds. Natural metabolic pathways usually involve complex networks to support cellulargrowth and survival. In this regard, multi-enzymatic systems are valuable tools for the production ofa wide variety of organic compounds. Methods: The production of different purine nucleosides andnucleoside-5′-monophosphates has been performed for first time, catalyzed by the sequential action of2′-deoxyribosyltransferase fromLactobacillus delbrueckii(LdNDT) and hypoxanthine-guanine-xanthinephosphoribosyltransferase fromThermus themophilusHB8 (TtHGXPRT). Results: The biochemicalcharacterization ofLdNDT reveals that the enzyme is active and stable in a broad range ofpH, temperature, and ionic strength. Substrate specificity studies showed a high promiscuityin the recognition of purine analogues. Finally, the enzymatic production of different purinederivatives was performed to evaluate the efficiency of multi-enzymatic systemLdNDT/TtHGXPRT.Conclusions: The production of different therapeutic purine nucleosides was efficiently catalyzed byLdNDT/TtHGXPRT. In addition, the resulting by-products were converted to IMP and GMP. Takingall of these features, this bioprocess entails an efficient, sustainable, and economical alternative tochemical synthetic methods